Baseball Recap: Evergreen Park Mustangs vs. Oak Lawn Spartans
Evergreen Park was the 7-3 winner over Oak Lawn when they last played one another last Monday, but their luck changed this time around. The Evergreen Park Mustangs fell just short of the Oak Lawn Spartans by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. It was the first time this season that Evergreen Park let down their fans at home.
Grady Elwood was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Evergreen Park saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Billy Duffner, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Evergreen Park's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-2. As for Oak Lawn, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-4.
Evergreen Park will be playing at home against Hillcrest at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Evergreen Park is facing Hillcrest at the right time seeing as Hillcrest is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Oak Lawn, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Thornton Fractional North at 5:00 p.m. Oak Lawn is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
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